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Brrssani. Relation Abrégée de Quelques Missions des Pères de la Com- 

 pag-nie de Jésus dans la Nouvelle-France, par le R. P. F. J. Bressani, de la 

 même Compagnie. Traduit de l'Italien et augmenté d'un avant-propos, de la 

 biographie de l'auteur, et d'un grand nombre de notes et de gravures, par le 

 R. P. F. Martin, de la même Compagnie. Montréal (John Lovell), 1852. The 

 original was published in 1653. The appendices, by Father Martin, are very 

 valuable in connection with the study of this question. 



Martin. Two books by Rev. Felix Martin, S.J. (in addition to Bressani, 

 referred to above) contain some inforinatlon as to the Hurons. The first is 

 his " Life of Father Isaac Jogues," which was translated into English by 

 John Gilmary Shea and published in 1885. Appendix A contains notes on the 

 geography of the Huron country, with description of the ruins of St. Mary 

 on the Wye as Father Martin found them. The following work by the same 

 author will be found more complete and the notes on the Jesuit Fort are 

 accompanied by a sketch plan: — Anfobioj/rapJiiedu R. P. Chatiwonot, delà Com- 

 pagnie de Jésus, et son complément, par le R. P. F. Martin, de la même Compagnie. 

 Paris, 1885. This latter work also contains a plan of Fort St. Mary on 

 Christian Island (p. 272) and of the chapel at Jeune Lorette (p. 218). 



The Hurons of the Detroit. The Catholic Home Magazine for 1903 (Lon- 

 don, Ont.), contained a paper by the late Miss Margaret Claire Kilroy, of 

 Windsor, entitled " Sandwich, the origin of the Diocese of London." It con- 

 tains a sketch of the early mission to the Hurons in the Detroit and an illus- 

 tration of the old mission House still standing at Sandwich. This article is 

 quite exhaustive. 



Clarl-e. — Origin and Traditional History of the Wyandotts, and sketches 

 of other Indian Tribes of North America. True Traditional Stories of Te- 

 cumseh and the League in the years 1811 and 1812, Toronto (Hunter, Rose & 

 Co.), 1870. By Peter Dooyentate Clarke. 



Connelley. Volume III, second series (1899), of the publications of the 

 x'ebraska State Historical Society is entitled: "The Provisional Government 

 of Nebraska Territory and the Journals of William Walker, Provincial Gov- 

 ernor of Nebraska Territory." It is edited by William A. Connelley, of 

 Topeka, Kansas, and contains notes of the migration of the Wyandotts from 

 Ohio to the Indian Territory, a map of the Wyandott Purchase and sketch 

 of William Walker, the Wyandott, who was born in Michigan in 1799 or 1800 

 and died at Kansas City, Mo., in 1874. 



Ontario Archeological Reports. Nineteen reports, prepared by Mr. David 

 Boyle, have been issued by the Ontario Department of Education, Toronto. 

 X or the years 1886 to 1894 they were issued as reports of the Canadian Insti- 

 tute. Subsequent to the year 1894, when the museum was transferred to the 

 -L -partment of Education, they have been issued directly by the Department. 

 The following references may be of service to students of the Huron- 

 Iroquois feud. 



1889. Pages 4-15 refer to the Tobacco Nation, methods of burial, sites 

 of ossuaries, map of Nottawasaga Township, etc. Pages 42-46, paper by Mr. 

 A. F. Hunter, B.A., on " French Relics from Village Sites of the Huron." 



1890-91 (Fourth Annual Report of the Canadian Institute). This contains 

 on pages 18 and 19 some notes on Ste. Marie on the Wye and its decadence, 

 with an appeal for its preservation. 



1892-3. (The Sixth Annual Report of the Canadian Institute, misprinted 

 " fifth " on title page.) 



Pages 22-34 contain an interesting sketch of the Neutrals and their 

 relation to the Hurons, by Mr. James H. Coyne, B.A., under title of " The 

 Southwold Earthwork and the Country of the Neutrals." 



1895. The report for this year, the 8th of the series, appeared under the 

 title: "Notes on Primitive Man in Ontario." The articles on "Aborigènes of 

 Ontario," "Social Condition," "Food." "Religion," "Burial Customs," etc., 

 contain many interesting notes on the Hurons. 



1897-8. (11th Report.) "The Jesuit Stone," p. 32, is an interesting note 

 of 1641. " Christian Island," pp. 35-42, contains the plan of the old Jesuit 

 Fort (from Ducreux), also notes on the condition of the ruins in 1897. San- 

 son's map of 1656 is reproduced. It indicates the location of the Hurons, 

 Petuns. Neutrals, Eries and Andastes before the wars of extermination. 



